Portable stand or rack



Allg. 29, 1950 P, HQPP 2,520,881

PORTABLE sTAN 0R RACK Filed Feb. 11, 1949 2- f j JNVENTOR.

Phin'p Hopp BY ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 29, 1950 UNITED STATES l' TENT OFFICE ERTABLE STAND R RACK of New /orli Application February l1, 1949, Serial No. 75,810

(Cl. S12-60) l. Claim. l

My invention is an improved receptacle, especially a portable receptacle or stand adapted to carry tags or cards having indications thereon, and other articles of utility.

An important obj ect of this invention is to provide a stand or rack which can easily be carried about in stores and shops and which will handily serve as a container for a supply of tickets or tags having numerals thereon, for example, and capable of use in connection with articles on sale to inform customers of the prices to be paid therefor.

The invention is fully described herein, and one or more embodiments are shown on the drawings. But the disclosure is illustrative only and I may change the construction as to details without departing from the general design which characterizes the improvement.

Figure 1 is a top plan of one form of the invention.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof.

Figure 3 is a vertical section along the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an end view of the same.

In Figures l to 4 inclusive, numeral I indicates the framework of the stand. This framework is made of metal or other material and carries a number of vertical magazines or chutes 2 to be filled with price tickets 3, which are inserted at the open tops of the chutes and drawn out through lateral openings at the bottom. The framework of the stand comprises a base 4 having preferably the shape of a rectangular plate of metal or other suitable material and upright ends 5, shown as having a triangular shape, secured to the plate 4 and connected at the upper pointed extremities by a handle or bail 6, which extends over the top of the hoppers or magazines 2. The stand can thus easily be carried about and the price tickets 3 withdrawn and set up wherever required. The parts of the stand or rack thus far named and al1 the others if of metal, may be aflixed one another by Welding or by rivets or in any other suitable manner. Wood or plastic may of course be used instead of metal if desired.

Between the upright ends 5 and above the base 4 extend two angle bars or members 8, these bars or supports being turned to face the opposite sides of the stand and being aii'ixed to the ends 5 at their extremities. The lower ends of the magazines 2 rest upon these bars and the magazines are made fast thereto and to the ends 5 and to one another. The chutes 2 extend across the receptacles under the handle 6 in two transverse rows. Each of these magazines is a channel shaped member l; the magazines of the two rows being placed back to bacl; and being open along the sides so that the contents can be seen and checked. Each member l has inturned flanges along its vertical edges as shown at 9 and the bottom edges of the chutes are turned along three sides of each magazine to present narrow flanges lil at the sides and the transverse flanges Il at the back, which serve as supporting means for the tags 3. The meeting ends of these flanges are bevelled as shown at I2. The front ilanges or retaining elements 9 terminate a short space above the bottom anges I0 and Il so that the price tickets can be easily pulled out. The pressure of a finger on the lowermost ticket is sufcient to draw it from the bottom of the pile as indicated in Figures 1 and 2. The flanges l0 and l l can be omitted if desired, and the bars 8 with their horizontal flanges relied upon to support the tickets 3 instead.

Having described my invention what I believe to be new is:

A device of the kind described comprising a base, upright ends thereon and upright chutes between said ends, each chute being a channelshaped member with its back and side edges at the lower extremity bent over inward to form supporting anges, the chutes each being open along the front side and having their vertical edges along the front sides bent over to provide retaining flanges terminating above the lower extremities of each chute to permit lateral delivery of the contents at said extremities, said chutes being arranged back to back in two rows and side by side in each row, with their open front sides facing in opposite directions, and angle bars secured to said ends and having flanges extending laterally under the lower extremities of said chutes, and partly closing said extremities.

PHILIP HOPP.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 450,271 White Apr. '14, 1891 1,673,812 Dunn June 19, 1928 1,786,392 Kemp I Dec. 23, 1930 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 450,271 Great Britain Nov. 14, 1905 463,845 France Dec. 27, '1913 

